Game-board



D. L. STERLING.

GAME BOARD.-

APPLICATION nun JULY 12. 1919. RENEWED m4. 19,1921.

1,384,280. Patented July 12,1921.

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GAME BOARD.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 12. 1919. RENEWED JAN. 19,1921.

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DON L. STERLING, or DALLAS, TEXAS, nssronon 'ro saEnnnve eAMns bOIMPANY, on :DALLAS; :rnxasn GORPORATIONOF TEXAS. y

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Application filed. July 12, lelsg'seriai No. 310,308. "Renewed January 19, 1921. "Serial no. 438,526.

T Q allwhom it may concern Be it known thatI, Do L. STERLING, a

"citizen of tlie United States, residing at riers and counting area;-;whereby consider- Dallas, in .thec oun'ty of Dallas and Stateof Texas, have invented certain new'and useful the following is a specification. y

Thisi'nvention relates to new. and useful improvements in game boards.

The object of the invention is to provide a game board embodying a banking cushion and employing a cue ball together with barable skill is required to place the ball in the counting areas, the, placing of the. ball being effected by calculating the angles with rela tion to the cushion. The element of chance i also 'enterslargely into suchan' arrangement and lends interest to thegame;

In carrying-out the invention a game board is provided. with a bankingfcushion relatively overlapping a shootingarea and a portion of barriersand counting areas, the

counting areas being suitably separated from the area. The counting areas are arranged so as toradlate from the cushlon,

thus enablingv the player to calculate the angle at which theball must be banked to enter a particular area .or a sump said area. I 1 I Inclined runways for the cue ball maybe added to enhance the skill required of the player 5. while auxiliary cushions may also be inoluded'to cause the; banked ball to re bound and render the playing more difficult The invention will be more readily understood from a'reading of, the'following speci "fication and by reference to the accompany- Fig. 1,

ing drawings, in which an example of. the inventlon 18 shown andwherein Figure 1 is a plan view offagame board embodying my invention,

Fig. 2is a front elevatlon of a portion of the board, p

.3 is a crosssectionaldetail on h 3ofFig 1, u.

Fig. 4 is a crosssectionon line of Fig.6 is a cross-section online 5'-5 0f FIQZL, Y

Fig. 6 is across-section on line of Fig 7 is a cross-section on line 77 of Fig. 1,

Fig. 8 is a cross-section on line 88 of Fig. 1,

has a reduced p' Fig. 9 is"a cross-section, on line 9'9 of i Fig? 10 is P an view of thescore chart. I

In'the drawings the numeral 1 designates a rectangular game board-having a covering Improvements Game-Boards of which i or facing? of felt and boundby an upstanding-marginal flange or wall 3. To the left of the counter of theboard (Fig; 1-) a bar rier or partitions is placed at substantially right angles to the frontfiange andextends to the middle "portion of. the board. This barrier divides the surface of the board into a shooting field a'rea and a playing'field, the latter being'divided -into counting areas or fields "by barriers or partitions '5 and cushion w'allsfirthe barriers-5 extending from the walls 6. Aguide flange 7 extendsfrom'the left hand corner of the boardto the rear flange 3 thereof, and with the partition 4 defines the shooting-field. J The front flange ortion 3 so that a one may be freely used;

A banking cushion 8 (Fig. 8) is disposedj against thelinner side of the rear fl'ange 3 and extends from the guide flange 7 and overlaps the playing field. A second guide j flange 9 extendsfromthe end of the cushion to adjacent cushion wall 6; The playing fields are inradial;frel'ationto the cushi0n, so thata cueball banked against'the cushion will be 'deflectedointo one of the playing The barriers-5 areflinclined (Fig. 3) from the sur face of the board up to thetop fields.

of the walls 6 and have grooves 10 (Fig;

in their upper surfaces forming runways; The space betweenthe walls 6 and thefront and right.}ha1id"flanges3, isan outer playing field and has'an irregular shape "owing to the angular disposition of the walls 6. The

one ball will roll up'the' inclined ruriwayslO and fallen the outer'playingfield;

The playing fields have sumps or depressions which are lettered from Atol inclusive and S respectively." "The sumpsA to N v are'disposedrin the, inner playing fields be- .'tween jthe barriers 5, their particular arrangement being optional however-it is pref-' erable to arrange them in radial relation to the bank ng cushion, but off-set sumps as Sare preferably in the direct path, of the";

ball fallingfrom the runways, butthis'may beichanged) Auxiliary cushions ll (Figs;

cause the cue ball to rebound and roll over sumps in which it would otherwise stop. A score 12 as shown in detail in Fig. 10 carries a key giving each sump atitle signifying a play in the game of baseball and also givingvalues in pointsfor each sump. While the game board is designed for playing a game simulating the game of baseball, -it is. not limited to such a game, as the various point values given the sumps, make for the playing of a number'of other games,,such as rotation pool, etc. I i

A base line or shootingmark 14 is made across'the shooting field'and the cue ball is placed on this line by the player who uses an ordinary cue with which to strike the ball. A pocket 15 is provided at the rear right hand corner of'the board for storing the cue ball when the, latter is not in use, 1

In playing baseball the first player shoots the ball at the cushion 8, thus banking the same, whereby the ball rolls into. one of the playing fields between the barriers 5 or rolls up. one of the runways 10 and falls into the outer field. 'If the ball comes to rest in sump J, which is foul out the player is out and the nextplay'er shoots the cue ball from the line 14.. If the ball rolls into a sump and rolls out and comes to reston the field, the player shoots again and continues If the ball-stops shooting until he is out.

' in a scoring pocket as or S the player I shoots again.

Various rules and modifications for playing the game may be made.

lV'hen playing rotation pool the player 'must shoot the ball into the sumps in their alphabetical order and loses his shot when he misses. Another game may be played inwhicheach shot is :counted a point lost and thus ifa player uses six shots to land the ball in sump F, he scores but 2 points,

the difference between the number of shots and the value. of the sump. If he should use four shots in shooting for the sumpL and 'fail to make. it, he would lose hisplay.

Whatl claim, is: l I

1 A game board having a banking cusln ion, a playing field, a shooting field, and a cushion overlapping both fields, the shooting field having a width such as to permit lateral positioning of a cue ball to bank the same at various angles into the playing field,

the playing field having radial divisions.

2. A game board having a shooting field and playing fields, a barrier between the shooting field and the playing fields, a banking cushion overlappingthe shooting and playing fields, the playing fields having sumps in radial relation toithe cushion for receiving a cue ball and partitions between the playing fields and extending longitudi- 'nally thereof and arranged radially with relation to the. cushion.

ion, playing fields in radial relation to the.

cushion, another playing field separated from the first named playing fields, and an inclined runway for the eueball extending to the last named playing field.

A game board having a bankingcushion, playing fiGlClS lIl radial relation to the cushion, another playing field separated from the first named playing fields, and an inclined runway for one balls extending to the last named playing field, the playing fields having sumps for receiving a cue ball.

6. A gameboard having a banking cushion, playing fields in radial relation tothe cushion, an outer. field separated from the firstnained playing fields and means extending longitudinally oi the playing fields to convey a ball longitudinally thereof into the outer field.

l. A. gamcooaid aiing an ring cusn ion,playinghelds in radial relation to the cushion, an outer field. separated from the first named playing fields, and sumps in the playing fields for receiving a cue ball and means extending longitudinallyof the play-. ing fields to convey the ball into the outer field. V y

8. A game board having a shooting field, playing fields separated from the shooting field, a banking cushion overlapping the shooting and playing fields, the playing fields being in radial relation to the cushion, and runwaysextending between the playing fields.

9. A game board havinga shooting fiel.d,

playing fields separated from the shooting field, a banking cushion overlapping the shooting and playing fields, the playing fields being in radial relation to the cushion,

and runways extending between the playing fields, and auxiliary banking cushions above the playing-fields.

1 0; A gameboard having a shooting field,

a banking cushion, playing fields. radiating from the cushion, theplaying fields having sumps for receiving a cue ball, barriers .sep

arating the playing fields, some ofsaid barriers being inclined and having runways along their top edges, and auxiliary banking cushions overhanging the playing fields.

In testimony whereof I, my signature.

DON L. STERLING. 

